Epilogue.

The article discusses the key roles played by the Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in advancing a national ocean exploration program in the U.S. as of early 2016. The agencies use the ships, the exploration vessel (E/V) Nautilus and the ship Okeanos Explorer in their exploration activities. It claims that the vessels will focus in the Pacific Ocean in the 2016-2017 field seasons.